Screening for osteoporosis should be performed with BMD testing by DXA if available, and not more frequently than every 2 years. Osteoporosis screening modalities. At present, DXA is the most widely ...

Osteoporosis screening was underused in women at a higher risk for fracture and overused in women at a low risk, according to a study of nearly 51,000 women published online May 19 in the Journal of ...

PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Osteoporosis, a disease of bone-thinning that puts women at risk of serious fractures, is underdiagnosed and undertreated, a study by University at Buffalo researchers presented ...

Peter L. Salgo, MD: How do we make these diagnoses? What is the prevalence of screening in the diagnosis of osteoporosis in this country? Thomas P. Olenginski, MD, FACP, CCD: The prevalence of ...

Preparing for a medical test often triggers health anxiety, making it easy to worry about hidden conditions and care needs.

(BPT) – Most people have heard of osteoporosis, but many people don’t put much thought into their own bone health. However, in the United States, 54 million people age 50 and over either have or are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting showed a decrease in the number ...

But new research suggests that a simple blood test may be able to predict osteoporosis risk, allowing doctors to intervene ...

Study confirms the care gap in bone health management and fracture prevention among older men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy. Use of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) ...

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